It's now official. By 2050 whites
will be the minority race in the United States. When the Census of
2050 is completed the Census Bureau estimates that the white race
will become a minority in the United States. Hispanics will be the
dominant race. African Americans will remain the third prevalent ethnic
group in America. The question is, will the middle class white male
(who already is an unrecognized minority in America) qualify for set
asides, a preferential quota system and, on Capitol Hill, a "Congressional
White Caucus?"

The census prediction estimates
that the white population will grow about 7% while the Hispanic population
will increase by 194%. The dramatic increase in Hispanics is not due
to procreation. Hispanics have a higher birth rate than any other
ethnic segment of the population (an average of 3 live births per
family compared to two for Whites and African Americans). But it will
be the influx of both legal and illegal Hispanics of childbearing
years that will tilt the scales in favor of a predominantly Hispanic
America. I guess you might say Santa Ana is getting his revenge.

The fastest growing demographic
by mid-century will be Asian. The nation's Asian population (which
had been growing approximately 11% per year, will swell to an annual
growth rate of 213% (much of it from immigration). However, Asians
account for only about 2% of the population in the United States.
That number will balloon to 4%. The African American population will
swell to 61 million, up from 35 million for a 71% increase. Nevertheless,
Black Americans will only account for 15% of the total population
by 2050. By that time, 20% of the population will be over 65 years
of age. That does not bode well for the economy--nor for the taxpayers--since
the tax load will become too lopsided and will unfairly place a much
heavier financial yoke on the wage earning tax payers. It will take
the taxes of four people to support the Social Security income and
Medicare benefits of one senior citizen.

Without either a tremendous increase
in new taxpayers (from immigration) or an extreme reduction in benefits
and services to America's elderly, working class and low middle class
taxpayers will find themselves saddled with tax increases so cumbersome
that the lower tax brackets will be obligated to pay half of their
gross incomes in federal taxes.

The "white dilemma" is that while
immigration will continue to mushroom from Mexico and Central America,
and from the overpopulated nations in the Far East, immigration from
white Europe has virtually ceased. There simply aren't enough white
people in Europe and those nations are making emigration difficult,
While the United States is at a replenishment level of .9, England
currently has a replenishment level of .7 and Germany's replenishment
level is 5.1. What that means in real terms is that in the United
States, for every ten deaths, we are producing nine live births. In
Germany, only half of the deaths are covered by new births. The Caucasian
race is "aborting" itself out of existence.

It is not likely, however, that
the politicians will acknowledge the new minority in America, or endow
that minority with special rights for its special status. The system
used to classify racial entities in America will be redefined as racial
and ethnic groups intermarry and lose their racial or ethnic identities
in this boiling pot we call America. Fully one-third of the Hispanics
in America are married to non-Hispanics. It is likely that Hispanics
married to whites will be classified as a white household, and Hispanics
married to blacks will be classified as an African American household.
That way, on paper, Hispanics and African Americans will politically
remain protected minorities and the middle class white male will remain...well,
who cares? He will, after all, soon be nothing more than an aging
dinosaur who will eventually become a blurred memory of a bygone era
in America's forgotten past.

Jon Christian Ryter is the pseudonym of a former
newspaper reporter with the Parkersburg, WV Sentinel. He authored a syndicated
newspaper column, Answers From The Bible, from the mid-1970s until 1985.
Answers From The Bible was read weekly in many suburban markets in the United
States.

Today, Jon is an advertising executive with
the Washington Times. His website, www.jonchristianryter.com
has helped him establish a network of mid-to senior-level Washington insiders
who now provide him with a steady stream of material for use both in his
books and in the investigative reports that are found on his website.
E-Mail: baffauthor@aol.com

"But it will be the influx
of both legal and illegal Hispanics of childbearing years that will tilt
the scales in favor of a predominantly Hispanic America. I guess you might
say Santa Ana is getting his revenge."